Hoteliers hail campaign to eradicate invasive birds at Coast

Tourist at a beach in Mombasa county. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A campaign mooted by the Mombasa Tourism Council (MTC) to weed out the menacing Indian house crows through prebaiting has shown remarkable success, tourism stakeholders have said.

Interviews with tourism stakeholders in Mombasa revealed that there were fewer cases of the invasive birds encroaching on hospitality establishments during the last festive season.